A temporary exhibition at the Sunder Nursery plaza is attracting the curiosity of many Delhiwalas. The 18-panel exhibition titled “Shared Epic Worlds”, depicts the literary, artistic, and cultural connections between Iran and India through comparisons of the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata, and the Persian epic Shahnameh, written by poet Ferdows between 977 and 1010 CE. “The message of both Shahnameh and the Mahabharata, the country’s respective greatest epics, is also similar, as it focuses on ethics, identity, loyalty, love, and suffering. The exhibition depicts shared stories and ideas across historical civilisations, showing how India and Iran are not connected only by trade and politics, but also by morals, and the shared questions we have asked,” said Shahab Khajeh Piri, the exhibition curator and deputy director of the Noor International Microfilm Centre, which organised the exhibition in collaboration with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and the Iran Culture House.